Ancestry of
Kenny Rogers

Country Music Singer

Alice A. Nelson

View famous kin of Alice A. Nelson

• • Great-grandmother of Kenny Rogers — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 13 
  • Father:
  • Wiley B. Nelson 
  • Mother:
  • Narcessa N. Scarbrough   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Oct 1866 
  • Birth Location:
  • Georgia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Oct 1936 
  • Death Location:
  • Houston, Harris, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Piney Grove Cemetery, Piney Grove, Upshur, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Daniel Hester
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Dec 1886 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Quitman, Wood, Texas 
  • Child:

  Wiley Daniel Hester (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Additional marriages for Alice A. Nelson

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  • Spouse:
  • W. J. Tillery
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1902

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  • Spouse:
  • Joseph S. Ellis

• Sources for Alice A. Nelson

  • ¹ Federal Census, TX, Wood County, 1900, Justice Precinct 4, E.D. 145, Sheet 10B, Image 20 of 48.
  • ² Federal Census, GA, Polk County, 1870, Image 152 of 188.
  • ³ Federal Census, TX, Shelby County, 1930, Precinct 4, E.D. 12, Sheet 8A, Image 15 of 19.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, TX, Kleberg County, 1920, Kingsville, E.D. 119, Sheet 3B, Image 6 of 41.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/21/2020).
  • ⁶ Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965, Marriage record for W. D. Hester and A. A. Nelson.
  • ⁷ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for son Wiley Daniel Hester.
  • ⁸ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Death certificate for Mrs Alice Ellis.

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